Benjamin abeaham



B. ABRAHAM.

(Model.)

NAPPED HAT.

No. 247,470, Patented Sept. 27,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. BENJAMIN ABRAHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

QNAPPED HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,470, dated September 2'7, 1881.

Application filed August 22, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I BENJAMIN ABRAHAM, of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Napped Hats, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of hats, more especially for ladies wear, which are finished with a napped or furry or woolly surfacesuch as velvet, plush, or beaverin which the fabric of the hat is covered with a raised nap or pile of fine hair or fibers; and my improvement consists in decorating or ornamentin g the piled surface with strong hairs of a beardy 'or bristly character, of a length greater than the pile, and of a distinguishing color, which hairs are inserted in the pile at numerous points throughout the same, thereby producing a con trast with the pile and imparting a sprightly and ornamental effect to the hat, as hereinafter fully set forth. I

Figure 1 of the drawings presents a perspective view of a napped hat finished according to my improvement, and Fig.2 gives a crosssection thereof.

In these views, 0. represents the sustaining fabric of the hat, which ispreferably a true beaver felt, and b indicates the surface pile or nap, which may be raised thereon in the wellknown manner in which beaver and silk hats are produced. Instead of felt, however, the base fabric may consist of a frame of buckram, on which an external layer of plush may be pressed in the usual manner of making plush hats, the pile or nap of the plush forming, in this case, the nap b of the hat. In lieu of plush, which is but a coarse kind of velvet, a true or line velvet may be used, as will be readily understood, or any other material which gives a napped or piled surface.

Napped hats as heretofore formed, particularly beaver nap, have usually too woolly and monotonous an appearance, and to correct this I decorate the pile at numerous points with long hairs c c, which are preferably cemented at their roots into the roots of the nap, as well shown in Fig. 2. These hairs are preferably obtained from some fur-bearin g animalsuch as the fox, wolf, skunk, badger, or raccoon and they should be of a strong bristly or preferably beardy character, much longer than the fibers of the nap, and of a color to contrast therewith, so that when thus inserted in the pile they at once attract the eye, thereby giving it an animated appearance and effecting a contrast which pleases the eye, removing the monotonous soft appearance of wooliness and imparting the lively appearance of animal fur, and thus rendering thehat much more sprightly and dressy in appearance. The hairs of the fox are preferable to the others named, as they blend better with the \voolly nap, the skunk and badger hairs being too bristly; and for black or brown hats the hair of the gray fox should be selected, while forlight hats the hair of the black or red fox may be employed. The hairs are preferably secured in the fur by dipping the root end in rubber cement and then twisting this end among the nap fibers, so as to cause the nap fibers to twist spirally around the same and adhere, as shown in Fig. 2, thus securely retaining the hair, yet concealing its origin among the nap fibers.

This improvement, which is more especially adapted for the better class of hats, adds but slightly to their expense, and, as will be readily appreciated, imparts a finished animated tone to the hat, which materially adds to its value in dress and greatly increases its marketable quality, thus presenting a good improvement in hats of the described kind.

What I claim is- 1. Asanew article of manufacture, a napped hat finished with long animal hairs of a beardy or bristly nature inserted in and projecting from the nap, substantially as herein setforth.

2. A hat formed of a base fabric of felt, or equivalent material, and an external layer of nap or pile with a series of beardy or bristly animal hairs inserted in and projecting from the pile and of a greater length and diiferent color therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

BENJAMIN ABRAHAM.

Witnesses:

D. PnILLIPs, O. SPIRo. 

